The Mock Gambling Thread - WEEK 4 - NotoriousRaidersFan hangs on!

NotoriousRaidersFan just hangs on to his lead with a clutch call on the ever elusive Question 8. It's a tight race as we move into Week 4, with almost the entire field within a single week's striking distance of first place.

7. San Diego managed only a single field goal for a big 3 points. Nobody called them. (SD: $800)

8. Jamaal Charles led rushers with 237 on the ground and AJ Green torched the Redskins for 183 in the air. NotoriousRaidersFan made the correct call on Charles. Nobody called Green. ($2k per player, $6k bonus for both correct)

The Mock Gambling Thread is a competition that is a part gambling, part predicting, and part forecasting contest. Each and every member starts with fictious $1,000 that you can gamble as much or as little as you like on the week's feature game. There are two ways to increase your cash:

1) Bet on the outcome of the featured game each week (with the spread). The featured game will be chosen each week from among the nationally televised games.

2) There will be a number of questions that will ask you to make predictions or to forecast certain outcomes across the NFL during the week. Correct answers earn you cash. You do not lose cash for wrong answers. The types of questions will vary each week, as will the amount of cash they can earn you.

The competition will continue through NFL season. At the conclusion of the Super Bowl the user with the most "cash" left will be the winner.

THE RULES
1) You make your bet and answer the questions simply by posting on the thread each week with your pick for the featured game along with your bet, followed by your answers to the prediction questions.

2) Everyone starts with $1,000. If a user doesn't start until week 3, they still start with $1,000. Your best bet it to get in early and play every week.

3) If you reach $0 you are not out of the competition. You can't bet on the feature game during weeks that you are broke, but you can answer the prediction questions and hope to earn cash to gamble the following week.

4) IMPORTANT: I will set a deadline for getting your entries for the week in. It in imperative that you make your post before the deadline (usually before kick-off of the first game of the week). Any posts made or edited after that deadline will not be counted for that week.

5) Work and coaching duties allowing, I will attempt to post the results and the next week's game/questions each Tuesday.

6) For the official recording of stats/yardage NFL.com will be used.

7) Accounts created within the current calendar month are not eligible to play and any entries from such accounts will not be counted.

DEADLINE ONE FOR QUESTIONS 7 and 8 - 9/27/2012 (Thursday) 8:19pm EASTERN
DEADLINE TWO FOR WEEK 3 ENTRIES - 9/30/2012 (Sunday) 12:59pm EASTERN
ANY ENTRIES MADE OR EDITED AFTER THE DEADLINES WILL BE INVALID

Week 4 Feature Game
New York Giants(+2.5) at Philadelphia Eagles
(Remember you are betting against the spread, not just the outright winner)

QUESTIONS
1) What will be the first scoring play of the Feature Game? Giants TD, Giants FG, Giants safety, Eagles TD, Eagles FG, Eagles safety, or other? ($900 for the correct call)

2) Which team in the Feature Game will rush for more total yards? ($700 for the correct call)

3) Johnson vs Johnson: Who pulls in more receiving yards this week, Andre or Calvin? ($800 for the correct call)

4) How many yards will RG3 throw for this week in Tampa Bay? Under 50, 51-99, 100-149, 150-199, 200-249, 250-299, or 300+ ($900 for the correct call)

5) Call the winners:
San Diego at Kansas City
Minnesota at Detroit
Chicago at Dallas
($700 for EACH correct named game winner, $1300 bonus if you call all 3 correct)

6) How many teams will be 4-0 after Week 3? ($800 for the correct guess)

7) Which game this week will feature the highest COMBINED score? ($1000 for the correct answer)

8) Name the player who will rush for the most yards AND the player that will have the most receiving yards in week one. ($2,000 for each player named correctly, $6,000 bonus if both names are called)

I knew I should have put more imaginary money on the Pats. That Giants/Eagles line seems out of whack lol. Eagles have looked like dog shit all season.. I'm positive most of the mock gamblers will be selecting The G Men in this game... do I dare go against the grain and roll the dice on Phillly???